buggal1989

buggal1989

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  1. You've Gotta Know the Lingo

    buggal1989 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Really great article! loved it. really brought me back. I've been "retired" (medically) for 8 years this may and sometimes I really miss it. loved the part about Santa visiting - reminded me of one...

  2. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    buggal1989 replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think thirmisol is still in the flu vaccine. Ask your Employee Health Nurse to check with the companies that produce

  3. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    buggal1989 replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't blame you for not taking the flu shot - there are some exceptions to every rule and you're definitely one! But your internist needs to realise the flu is airborne as well as contact so if the...

  4. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    buggal1989 replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'll take the being "sick" for 3-5 days after the shot to being put in the hospital for pneumonia secondary the the flu which happened the first time I didn't take the shot. I was dehydrated and out...

  5. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    buggal1989 replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

    They didn't hit the nail on the head last year, but it is no reason NOT to take this years. And remember, the flu vaccine is only 70% effective. So 30% of the people taking the flu vaccine WILL get...

  6. Your boss insists on employees taking flu vaccine

    buggal1989 replied to seenitallERnurse's topic in General Nursing

    You were probally incubating the flu when you got the shot. The flu shot WILL NOT give you the ful - it is attenuated (dead) and can not cause the

  7. Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

    buggal1989 replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    While waving her nitro patch, "Can I get this off layaway?" A little ICU pschycosis I

  8. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    buggal1989 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    Ya a shower in 9 mths! No, seriously in this case I'd lower my moral standards and offer a morning after pill. Teens do not need to get preggers and mess up their

  9. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    buggal1989 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    Sorry, taxis don't come out to where I live - way out in the country - believe it or not it's true. And anyway I already said you are not in Your "right mind" and thinking like a person without a...

  10. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    buggal1989 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    Ouch! That had to hurt...hence the intoxication part! We once had an pt come in because she had birthday candles in her bladder - it seems they were celebrating and it seemed like a good idea at the...

  11. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    buggal1989 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

  12. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    buggal1989 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

  13. Is this true about most nurses..

    buggal1989 replied to BecomeNurse06's topic in General Nursing

    I like you was a "nice person", but you can find a balance between being nice and being hard. I did, but it took me a number of years. For about the first year and a half of nursing I wouldn't say...

  14. Doctor Practices that Dump Patients

    buggal1989 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking as a pt who got dumped it's hell on wheels. I have fibro so have been on narcotics for a long time (I'm retired) so I have seen this particular pain doctor for SEVEN or more years! And...

  15. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    buggal1989 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    That would be major cruel. As a migraine sufferers - ANY noise hurts. And what most people with migraines won't tell you (cause they are afraid they'll wind up in the nut house - and believe me...

  16. inside the mind of a nurse.....

    buggal1989 replied to ERRN92's topic in General Nursing

    Poor little baby hammie - I have a Chinese Dwarf hamster and I don't know how I will take it when she passes on. I've tried not to get too attached - but it's too late! I have been known to feel my...

  17. inside the mind of a nurse.....

    buggal1989 replied to ERRN92's topic in General Nursing

    Antimicrobial agents such as soap, waterless handwash, disinfectants, etc. DO NOT cause superbugs - these agents don't cause viruses and bacteria to become resistant - it is the WAY overuse of...

  18. The Doctor said WHAT?

    buggal1989 replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    Fortunately we no longer have to do those things. That Nursing Instructor also told us the most popular nurse was the one who kept her needle the sharpest and that they simply rinsed thier glass...

  19. Drinks in the nurses station...

    buggal1989 replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    JCAHO is necessary if you want federal funds - like Medicare and Medicaid. BUT I agree that the no drink rule is stupid but as a ICP I had to enforce the rule and some people abuse if you look the...

  20. things you wish you could tell the doctor

    buggal1989 replied to celery's topic in General Nursing

    having worked at a teaching hospital for probably to long i was happy to show an intern, resident, etc. how to do something. i did not see it as getting the doc a cup of coffee, but as training a new...

  21. The Doctor said WHAT?

    buggal1989 replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    Wait, you forgot to stoke the stove, wash, dry and roll-up the bandages, make the trays from bulk food sent up from the kitchen, make the formula from scratch..... My Nursing Instructor from my first...

  22. things you wish you could tell the doctor

    buggal1989 replied to celery's topic in General Nursing

    I was touched by the two "thank yous". There was one doc who ALWAYS came in when one of his pts came into the ER. He KNEW the pts family - mom, father, siblings, grandmother and father, etc back to...

  23. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    buggal1989 replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    setting: about 10pm: my baby has a fever. did you give the baby tylenol? yes. when was the last time you gave it? yesterday. the baby usually had an ear infection and had been sick 2 days or more...

  24. things you wish you could tell the doctor

    buggal1989 replied to celery's topic in General Nursing

    Next time you admit a person who has fried their brain on drugs who acts like an animal and has absolutely no intellect left and whose brother keeps her chained up at home so she wont kill them (after...

  25. Drinks in the nurses station...

    buggal1989 replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    I had one of these "easy" management jobs until I had to take a medical retirement partially due to the high stress of that job and believe me I worked MANY 10 to 12 or more hr days and unlike you I...